Stock-watering tank.



N0. vza,1ss. PATENTED MAY 12,]1903'. 1 .5., & 0. E. RICHARDS. STOGK'WATERING TANK. APPLIOATION FILED-SEPT. 20, 1902.

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

ATENT FFICE.

FRANKLIN EVERTT RICHARDS AND CHARLES ELMER RICHARDS, or

OAKLAND, IowA.

STOCK-WATERING ,TAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 728,133, datd May 12, 1903.

Application filed September 20,1902. Serial No. 124.235. (No model.)

supplying water as the same is consumed and capable of maintaining the water in cold weather at a temperature above freezingpoint to prevent the water from freezing.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed V out in claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of-a stock-waterer constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view illustrating the construction of the automatic valve. Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the manner of adjusting the float.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts mall the figures of the drawlugs.

1 designates a casing having a forwardlyprojecting front portion 2, terminating short of the top ofthe casing and. communicating with the main compartment thereof and forming a Watering-trough. The main or float compartment 3 is separated from the drinking-trough 2 by a vertical partition 4, which extends to the top of the casing. The casin g, which is arranged upon a bottom 01' platform 5, is provided with a supplemental bottom or horizontal partiton 6, spaced from the bottom or platform 5 to form a lamp compartment or chamber 6. One side of the casing is provided at the lamp-compartment with a door 7, adapted to be opened to permit a lamp 8 v or other suitable heater to be introduced into and removed from the casing. The casing is provided at the top with a lid 9, which affords access to the float-com partment, and the drinking trough is also provided with a hinged lid or cover 10, adapted to be opened to permit stock to obtain water from the drinking trough or compartment and provided with an opening 11, which when the lid is closed is adapted to permit chickens and other fowls to drink from the trough. Any suitable form of fastening device may be provided for securing the lids or covers in their closed positions.

Within the casing is arranged a verticallydisposed conical drum 12, extending upward from the bottom 6 through an opening thereof and arranged to receive the flame of the lamp or other heater and connected at its top with a pipe 13. The conical shell is located adjacent to an opening 14 of the wall or partition 4. and protrudes slightly into the drinking trough or chamber, so that a portion of its surface will be exposed to the water within the 7 same. The pipe 13extends upward to a point adjacent to the top of the casing and is provided with a horizontal arm 15, extending through one side of the casing and provided on the exterior thereof with a cap 16. The cap is provided at opposite sides with small perforations to permit the escape of gas and fumes from the lamp or other heater. 7

Water is supplied to the casing from any suitable source of supply by means of a pipe 17, extending through the bottoms of the casing and connected at its upper end with a valve-casing 18, having a discharge spout or opening 19 and provided with a valve-seat 20. The valve-seat is arranged to receive a vertically-movable valve 21, having astem 22, which is bifurcated at the upper end for the reception of a lever 23. The valve may be of any desired construction, and the casing is provided with a horizontal arm '24., having an upwardly-extending slotted'post or support 25, in which the lever 23 is fulcrumed by a pin 26 or other suitable pivot.

The lever is fulcrumed between its ends, and one arm is pivoted by a pin 27 or other suitable fastening device to the stem of the Valve.

The other arm of the lever is provided at its lower edge with a series of notches 28, adapted to be engaged by a loop or yoke 29, having an opening to receive the arm of the lever and held in engagement with the same by a wedge 30. The upper edge 31 of the lever is oppositely beveled, and the wedge is provided at its bottom with a groove 32, V-shaped in crosssection to conform to the configuration of the beveled edge of thelever. The loop or yoke 29 is provided at its top with a notch or recess 33, in which is pivoted a threaded stem or screw 34, which engages an interiorly-threaded tubular shank 35 of a float 36, which is capable of rotation to adjust the tubular shank on the threaded stem or screw, whereby the float is raised and lowered to regulate the height of the water within the casing 1. The float is also capable of inward and outward adjustment on the lever to secure the proper operation of the valve. 'As the water within the drinking trough or chamber is consumed the float falls and opens the valve to permit water to How into the casing 1, and as soon as the water reaches a predetermined level the valve will be closed by the float. The wall or partition 4 is provided with apertures 37, which permit water to flow from the float chamber or compartment into the drinking trough or chamber.

The stock-waterer is provided with a drainpipe 39, extending downward from the drinking trough or chamber and outward through one side of the casing 1 and provided with an exterior cap adapted to be removed when it is desired to clean the said chamber or trough.

iVhat is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a casing having a bottom compartment and provided above the same with a vertical partition dividing the upper portion of the casing into separate compartments and having an opening, one of the upper compartments being arranged to form a drinkingtrough, and a drum located within the other upper compartment and communicating with the bottom compartment and arranged in the opening of the partition and protruding into the drinking-trough, said drum being open at the bottom to receive a heating device, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a valve for controlling the flow of water into the casing, a lever connected with the valve and provided at one edge with a series of notches, an adjustable device having an opening receiving the lever, a float connected with the adjustable device, and a wedge arranged in the opening of the latter and engaging the lever and holding the adjustable device in one of the notches thereof, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a valve for controlling the flow of water into the casing, a lever connected with the valve, an adjustable device having an opening receiving the lever, a float connected with the adjustable device, and a wedge arranged in the opening of the adjustable device and having a groove receiving the lever, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described compris ing a casing, a valve for controlling the flow of water into the casing, a lever connected with the valve and provided at one edge with notches and having its other edge oppositely beveled, an adjustable device having an opening to receive the lever and engaging one of the notches, and a grooved wedge receiving the beveled edge of the lever and arranged in the opening of the adjustable device, and a float connected with the adjustable device, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN EVER'IT RICHARDS. CHARLES Ehlilllll RICHARDS. lVitnesscs:

G. L. Ros'r, A. B. JOHNS. 

